Got to www.lizajane.org (.com?) for a complete list of all
the tests possible for PN.
If the doc doesn't know which tests to order, go down the list.

Kasobie : "Mystery Diagnosis is a repeating show on one of the Discovery Channels (probably Discovery Health) and each show covers different cases. They are excellent (and I am in a medical field) but they show how frustrating it can be if you have a doctor not highly trained, or too busy, or not humble enough to find you a referral to the right specialist. Go to a major medical center, if possible, one at a medical school, where some of the top professors will be. The solutions are found by the very motivated doctor who spends the extra time to look for the exception. But remember THERE ARE NOT ALWAYS ANSWERS, just in case you don't get one, keep doing your best. k

It is important to understand the "cause"

1) if a toxin --you can remove it from your environment so further damage does not result

2) if autoimmune-- you can be treated with IVIG or immunosuppressants

3) if a drug like statins/fluroquinolone antibiotics you need to stop the drug

4) if due to mito damage (some drugs cause this--AIDs drugs and chemo), acetyl carnitine may reverse it.

5) Gluten intolerance? --go gluten free

6) diabetic, prediabetic?-- diet and treatment may reverse it

7) nutritional deficiencies? --B12, thiamine, omega 3s, etc will reverse it.

8) thyroid disease-- can be treated

9) post viral syndromes

These are just the most common. Hereditary issues also can be present as well as the difficult amyloidosis.